For Immediate Release: 07.10.2025
Contact: Josue Sierra, media@pafamily.org
Direct: 202-430-0282
One of the Worst Proposals in the Country: New PA Bill Favors Marijuana Industry Over Families
HARRISBURG – A new bill was introduced today in the PA Senate that would force Pennsylvania communities to allow marijuana dispensaries in their neighborhoods, selling harmful products for recreational use, with no power to opt out, while doing little to address dangerously high THC levels in today’s industrialized products. (THC is the psychoactive ingredient that produces the “high.”)
Dan Bartkowiak, Chief Strategy Officer at PA Family Council, issued the following statement in response to the introduction of Senate Bill 120:
“This is an awful proposal that grants the wishes of the addiction-for-profit marijuana industry at the expense of Pennsylvania families and communities. It will incentivize our state government to profit from more addictive use of marijuana. All this while it blocks local communities from saying ‘no’ to pot shops for retail recreational sales and does nothing meaningful to limit skyrocketing high potency THC levels, with manufactured marijuana products now up to 90%+ THC compared to low single-digit levels just a generation ago. Lawmakers should prioritize the public health and safety of Pennsylvania families, not hand over our children and neighborhoods to the marijuana lobby.”
About Pennsylvania Family Council
Pennsylvania Family Council is a non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening families by advocating for foundational values essential to the well-being of society. Learn more at www.pafamily.org.
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For questions or to arrange an interview with Dan Bartkowiak, contact Josue Sierra at jsierra@pafamily.org or by calling 202-430-0282.